Fight Results

Horne Defeats Haynes in Indiana

Local Indiana product William Horne remained undefeated with an unanimous decision win over Josh Haynes, a former cast member on the third season of “The Ultimate Fighter”, at the latest edition of MMA Big Show at the Belterra Casino Resort & Spa Saturday night.

After stuffing an early takedown attempt from Horne, Haynes swept his opponent to the mat and began to work some ground-and-pound from top position. Moments later, a scramble led to Horne taking Haynes’ back, forcing the UFC veteran to fight off several rear naked choke attempts until the final minute of the round. Both fighters returned to their feet, but Horne muscled Haynes to the canvas and took his back once again as time expired.

Horne nearly finished the fight early in the second round, dropping Haynes with a right hand seconds into the stanza. Haynes staggered to his feet but was subsequently caught by a knee and more punches. A failed takedown attempt forced Haynes to exchange with Horne on the feet but a body shot stunned Horne long enough to allow Haynes to take the fight to the ground and allow him time to recover.

The end of the second was a mirror image of the first. Horne was able to reverse position and takes Haynes’ back once again, attempting chokes from behind until the end of the round. The final five minutes of the fight featured an exchange on the feet followed by Horne once again putting Haynes in danger from his back.

Although Horne was unable to submit Haynes, he visibly did enough to earn the decision on the judge’s scorecards. An angered Haynes berated the referee after the fight for not standing the fight back up during non-active moments on the ground but his argument went on deaf ears.

Complete results (professional fights) from the event courtesy of Fighters.com:

William Horne def. Josh Haynes - Unanimous Decision
Dustin Winterhalt def. Nicco Boscarino - TKO (Strikes)
Brian Heden def. Rod Housley - KO (Punches)
Chad Hinton def. Mick Berwanger - TKO (Strikes)

Alvarez, Uno Score Upsets at DREAM

Eddie Alvarez and Caol Uno each pulled off surprising upsets in the second-round of DREAM’s inaugural lightweight grand prix tournament late last night in Japan to solidify their respective spots in the finals later this summer.

The 21,789 that witnessed DREAM’s third effort this year inside the Saitama Super Arena also saw Uno, who fought as a late-entrant into the tourney, overcome a ring-rust filled first round to eventually submit top-ranked Mitsuhiro Ishida with a rear naked choke in the second round.

The first minute of the fight had both fighters content to paw away with short jabs while measuring the distance between one another. Uno picked up the action in the form of leg kicks while Ishida attempted to counter Uno’s kicks with lefts. An errant kick to the groin by Ishida forced Uno to take some time to recover, but the veteran quickly got his bearings back and knocked Ishida down with a crisp right, opening a cut on the bridge of his nose that forced the ringside doctor to stop the clock for a quick check.

Ishida scored a single-leg takedown with about a minute left in the first stanza but Uno was able to reverse position and control his opponent from top position during the closing moments, potentially earning back the round in his favor. After another feeling-out period started the second round, a scramble on the ground saw Uno quickly take Ishida’s back and sink-in the fight-ending choke from behind.

“I know Ishida was eager to fight me,” Uno said after the fight, “He was aggressive and was obviously confident, but I’m the one going home with the win. I’m very happy to be advancing in the tournament.”

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DREAM.3 Quick Results

Here are the complete results from last night’s DREAM.3 event, which took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan.

The event featured the second-round of the promotion’s inaugural lightweight grand prix tournament. Tatsuya Kawajiri, Eddie Alvarez, and Caol Uno all moved on. Nick Diaz and Jason “Mayhem” Miller were also victorious in their respective DREAM debuts. A full recap of the event will come later today.

Takeshi Yamazaki def. Shoji Maruyama - Unanimous Decision
Jason Miller def. Katsuyori Shibata - TKO (Strikes)
Melvin Manhoef def. Dae Won Kim - TKO (Strikes)
Daisuke Nakamura def. Bu Kyung Jung - KO (Punch)
Nick Diaz def. Katsuya Inoue - TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Luiz Firmino - Unanimous Decision
Eddie Alvarez def. Joachim Hansen - Unanimous Decision
Caol Uno def. Mitsuhiro Ishida - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)

Freeman Victorious in Return at Cage Rage 26

English mixed martial arts legend Ian Freeman was victorious in his return from a brief retirement Saturday afternoon, earning an unanimous decision over Paul Cahoon and taking the former champion’s Cage Rage British light heavyweight title in Birmingham.

Freeman saw very little trouble during the course of the bout with Cahoon, save Cahoon taking the veteran’s back on a pair of separate occasions, while using an effective ground-and-pound assault to keep Cahoon at bay and leaving him unable to mount a suitable amount of offense.

After the fight, Freeman assured fans that a return fight against Cahoon was not a one-time thing and that he would be back to defend his title.

“I’m 41 years old now and I have to say that I’m in the best shape of my life,” Freeman said during a post-fight interview. “The training leading up to this fight was very difficult but the end result was worth it. I feel younger than I did years ago. Going back into retirement isn’t an option at this point. I’m not going anywhere.”

Marius Zaromskis was unsuccessful in his bid to win the vacant Cage Rage British welterweight belt, suffering a nasty cut in the beginning of the first round of his bout against Che Mills that forced the ringside doctor to stop the action after the first five minutes, ultimately awarding Mills the championship.

Matt Ewin controlled Mark Epstein over three rounds to win an unanimous decision and successfully defend his Cage Rage British middleweight title. UFC veteran Ross Pointon submitted Ross Mason with a heel hook and James Zikic submitted Rodney Faverus, handing the former kickboxer his fifth straight defeat.

Complete results from the event:

Harvey Harra def. Gary Kelly - Submission (Triangle)
Chris Rice def. Edgeleson Lue - TKO (Strikes)
Popek Rak def. Kevin Simms - TKO (Strikes)
Brad Pickett def. Paul Reed - Majority Decision
Henrique Nogueira vs. Marc Goddard - Draw
Matt Ewin def. Mark Epstein - Unanimous Decision
Ross Pointon def. Ross Mason - Submission (Heel Hook)
James Zikic def. Rodney Faverus - Submission (Armbar)
Che Mills def. Marius Zaromskis - TKO (Cut)
Ian Freeman def. Paul Cahoon - Unanimous Decision

Ford, Gormley Victorious at MFC 16

Canadian welterweight prospect Ryan Ford remains undefeated after submitting Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran C.J. Fernandes with a first-round rear naked choke in the main event of Maximum Fighting Championship’s “Anger Management” show last night in Edmonton, Alberta.

The sold out crowd inside the River Cree Resort and Casino saw Ford swiftly take Fernandes’ just seconds into the fight. Fernandes’ experience played a big part in getting out of the dangerous position as he patently waited until he was able to reverse position and mount Ford on his back.

With the fighters too close to the ropes, the fight was moved back to center where Ford was able to take Fernandes’ back once again. The veteran fought off yet another choke attempt but Ford was eventually able to sink in his hooks and force Fernandes to tap.

The win has earned Ford a shot at the vacant MFC welterweight title at the promotion’s next event on July 25th. His opponent may be fellow undefeated rising star Matt Veach, who used superior wrestling and constant takedowns to hand Matt MacGrath his first professional loss in another featured fight on the card.

The co-main event saw California product Chase Gormley use dirty boxing techniques to keep BodogFight veteran Eric Pele against the cage and unable to mount any offense en route to a lackluster unanimous decision but the biggest win of his young career thus far.

Also victorious on the card was Aron Lofton, who bloodied and eventually submitted previously undefeated local prospect Jason Kuchera.

Complete results from the event:

Evan Sanguin def. Dave Nippard - TKO (Strikes)
Troy Sorenson def. Mike Tubbs - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Brandon Curts def. Sean Wright - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Mike Sorenson def. Jeremy Martin - Submission (Guillotine)
Gavin Neil def. Ryan McGillivray - Split Decision
Aron Lofton def. Jason Kuchera Submission (Guillotine)
Chris Camozzi def. Dwayne Lewis - Unanimous Decision
Ben Henderson def. Mike Maestas - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Matt Veach def. Matt MacGrath - Unanimous Decision
Chase Gormley def. Eric Pele - Unanimous Decision
Ryan Ford def. C.J. Fernandes - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)

Jara Stops Heath at PureCombat

It was a night where two longtime mixed martial arts veterans continued their comeback into the new age of the sport. Unfortunately for Steve Heath and Kelly Dullanty, it wasn’t such a good night.

Gladiator Challenge veteran Jaime Jara, who has only lost once in his last twelve bouts, used strong takedown defense to force Heath, who had only fought once since March 2004, onto his back throughout the first two rounds of the fight. It was in the third round where Jara was finally able to pass Heath’s guard, landing in side control and pounding away with unanswered strikes until referee Josh Rosenthal stepped in to halt the bout.

The co-main event saw Lance Wipf land a perfect Superman punch that sent a woozy Dullanty, who had not fought since losing to Matt Serra at UFC 36 in 2002, straight to the canvas, causing the fight to be stopped just nine seconds in. Any ideas of the fight being stopped prematurely were quickly wiped away as Dullanty was barely able to stand upright on his fight afterwards.

Complete results from the event courtesy of Sherdog.com:

Jaime Jara def. Steve Heath - TKO (Strikes)
Lance Wipf def. Kelly Dullanty - KO (Punch)
Isaac De Jesus def. Cruz Gomez - Split Decision
Michael Brown def. Rolando Torres - TKO (Strikes)
Richard Chavez def. Eric Jacob - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Travis Bennett def. Yonas Gegreeg - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Juan Orsua def. Derrick Easterling - TKO (Strikes)
Joe Vea def. Arby Magtibay - TKO (Strikes)
Brandon Cash def. Anthony Von Rekowski - Submission (Arm-Triangle)

Cobb Decisions Saraiva for PFC Lightweight Belt

California native Brian Cobb extended his current winning streak to six, earning a unanimous decision over UFC veteran Diego Saraiva to win the Palace Fighting Championship lightweight title at the organization’s latest show last night in Lemoore.

Cobb used his superior wrestling to take Saraiva down to the mat right from the start of the fight. While only having to fend off a handful of submission attempts, Cobb continually worked an effective ground-and-pound attack through three rounds en route to gaining his first taste of championship gold inside the promotion.

The three other title fights featured last night saw the belt change hands each time. Jorge Evangelista handed Art Arciniega his second career loss in winning the PFC featherweight title, Nate Loughran submitted Kenny Ento with a rear naked choke to earn the PFC middleweight belt, and Shawn Klarcyk forced Jason Georgianna to tap out courtesy of a second-round kneebar to capture the interim PFC bantamweight strap.

Complete results from the event:

Brian Cobb def. Diego Saraiva - Unanimous Decision
Jorge Evangelista def. Art Arciniega - Unanimous Decision
Nate Loughran def. Kenny Ento - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Shawn Klarcyk def. Jason Georgianna - Submission (Kneebar)
Lodune Sincaid def. Rafael Del Real - Submission (Guillotine)
Olaf Alfonso def. Chris Solomon - KO (Punches)
Devin Cole def. Vince Lucero - TKO (Strikes)
Sergio Cortez def. Poppies Martinez - TKO (Injury)
Casey Olson def. Sergio Quinones - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Dustin Akabari def. Cody Canterbury - TKO (Strikes)
Joseph Benavidez def. Maurice Eazel - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Dan Russom def. Thonglor Armatsena - Majority Decision

Aoki Decisions Calvancante; Sakuraba Moves on at DREAM

A little more than a month after fans were left with a disappointing ending to a March matchup between Gesias Calvancante and Shinya Aoki, it was Aoki that finally came away the victor in one of the most-anticipated lightweights contests in recent memory earlier this morning in DREAM’s second-ever show.

The first fight between the two was ruled a no-contest after Calvancante struck Aoki with illegal elbows to the back of Aoki’s neck. Calvancante was warned and Aoki given time to recover, but after a few moments the esteemed grappler wasn’t able to continue. The two were also originally set to face off at Yarennoka! on New Year’s Eve but Calvancante was forced to pull out of the fight after suffering a knee injury during training.

Aoki quickly pulled guard at the start of the fight and negated any sort of offense his opponent tried to mount. However after stomping his way out of a heel hook attempt, Calvancante pounced on top of Aoki and began raining down an array of strikes, prompting the referee to give an even closer look at the action. Aoki was able to recover and eventually get back to his feet where he ended up taking Calvancante’s back and controlling him for the remainder of the round.

The second round saw Aoki pull Calvancante to the canvas once again and then quickly catch him in an armbar that nearly ended the fight. Calvancante was able to flip out of the hold and even scored with some ground and pound before Aoki went for another couple of armbars. Aoki transitioned into an inverted omoplata during the final minute of the fight, solidifying his win on the judge’s scorecards.

Aoki’s next opponent in just two weeks will now be former Japanese Olympic wrestler Katsuhiko Nagata according to DREAM officials.

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Weekend Recap: April 28, 2008

Here’s a little recap of what went on this past weekend, starting with Carlos Condit reportedly signing a contract extension with World Extreme Cagefighting according to USA Today‘s Sergio Non. The new deal comes after Condit’s most recent victory over Carlo Prater in February. The fight against Prater was Condit’s second to last fight on his previous deal. Condit expects the new deal to kick in with a potential fight in August against an opponent yet to be named.

The promotion also confirmed two additional bouts for their next scheduled event on June 1st in Sacramento, California over the weekend via their official website. A rumored bantamweight title bout between champion Miguel Torres and injury replacement Yoshiro Maeda has been made official as well as Mark Munoz’s WEC debut against fellow newcomer Chuck Grigsby.

UFC Releases Travis Lutter

Fresh off of his disappointing loss to former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin at UFC 83 last weekend, Travis Lutter, the middleweight winner of the fourth season of “The Ultimate Fighter”, has been released from his contract by the UFC. The news was first reported by Pramit Mohapatra of Fight Ticker and has since been confirmed by Lutter himself, who stated that his agent received a call Sunday morning informing him of his release due to consecutive losses in his last two fights.

Report: Southworth-Ruiz Rematch Possible for June

Bobby Southworth, one of the cast members on the original season of “The Ultimate Fighter” will attempt to avenge a recent loss to Anthony Ruiz at Strikeforce’s upcoming planned event in June according to MMA Mania. The two fought in November - Ruiz scored a TKO win over Southworth after the UFC veteran suffered a fight-ending cut over his left eye early in the second round.

However Southworth remains Strikeforce’s world light heavyweight champion due to the fight being a non-title bout. It’s unknown whether or not the belt will be on the line in June. Southworth has not fought since losing to Ruiz. Meanwhile Ruiz has recorded back-to-back wins over Jimmy Ambriz and Brad Imes since then.

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Hardy Survives, Stops Reiner at Cage Warriors

Talented English striker Dan Hardy fought off a slew of early submission attempts before finally stopping Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Chad Reiner and regaining his Cage Warriors welterweight title at the promotion’s latest show Saturday night in Nottingham, England.

It was obvious that Reiner wanted to end the fight early as he displayed a variety of submission attempts throughout the first round, including a standing guillotine that nearly forced Hardy to tap. Hardy continually stuffed multiple takedown attempts in the second round before finally letting his hands go in the third.

Hardy caught Reiner with a hard knee and then followed up with a straight right hand that sent Reiner stumbling to the canvas. Hardy pounced on his opponent and finished things off with a flurry of strikes that forced the referee to stop the fight.

Lightweight prospect Andre Winner suffered his second career loss in losing a majority decision to France native Bendy Casimir.

Complete results from the event:

Peter McGurk def. Richard Whitmore - KO (Punch)
Eugene Fadiora def. Dave Bownds - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Lee Livingstone def. Adam Bairstow - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Clifford Hall def. Nigel Whitear - Submission (Guillotine)
Dean Amasinger def. Jason Muldoon - Submission (Kimura)
Jim Wallhead def. Tom Haddock - Submission (Strikes)
Martin Stapleton def. David Johnston - Unanimous Decision
Matt Thorpe def. Mark O’Toole - Submission (Kimura)
Bendy Casimir def. Andre Winner - Majority Decision
Cengiz Dana def. Ian Butlin - Submission (Heel Hook)
Dan Hardy def. Chad Reiner - TKO (Strikes)